PAX VOBISCUM.
I thank Thee for the sunshine That Hoods the world to-day, 1 thank Thee for the promise— The promise of the May; Hut Oh! 1 thank Thee, most of all, That on our restless heart cloth fall Thy word of peace alway. The earth is full of anger, Of bitterness and hate; The faith our fathers fought for Men say is out of date; With thunder all the air is charged, And hell her borders hath enlarged, And shut seems heaven’s gate. O, where shall men find comfort, Find comfort for their soul? The idols that they worship Can never make them whole. In vain they (.ill them to their aid. When on the brink they stand afraid, And death demands his toll. O Christ, ’tis Thou has given Our souls from death release, And only in Thy presence All enmity cloth cease. Though earth dissolve and melt away, Thy love is our suftic ient stay, Thv Word is still our peace. —E.S.H.
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White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 December 1915, Page 5
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165PAX VOBISCUM. White Ribbon, Volume 21, Issue 246, 18 December 1915, Page 5
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